How Elsa Mejia Won in a Conservative Town & Became the First Indigenous City Councilmember in Madera, CA

First, a programming note: Next week will be the last episode of this podcast! Then, a conversation with Elsa Mejia, an Indigenous Mexican woman, bilingual journalist and communications specialist for a local union who turned her community roots into community leadership. We talk about running for office as an introvert, how she overcame partisanship to connect with her community, and what surprised her most throughout this process. Produced by Dear Media.

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How Elsa Mejia Won in a Conservative Town & Became the First Indigenous City Councilmember in Madera, CA is an episode from Run For Something by Amanda Litman.

This episode is 21:43 long.

This episode was published on Dec 7, 2021.

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